A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Doganyol in Turkey on Saturday. Global time and date of event 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 16:47:00 / January 25, 2020 @ 4:47 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60007fsh. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007fsh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:47:00 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 39.1588 East, latitude 38.3638 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Malatya (c. 441 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Elazığ (c. 298 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Siverek (c. 175 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Kâhta (c. 73 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Ergani (c. 52 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Tunceli (c. 29 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arapgir, Tunceli, Yazıhan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Turkey (c. 77 804 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km ENE of Doganyol, Turkey.
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